50's Prime Time

[MomofLandA]

My daughter & I have reservations here, but she is a bit leary. She's willing to "play along," but they idea of being forced to eat all her food is not appealing to her. Is there anything I can do that might get the server to focus on me rather than my daughter? (I'm 56 - my daughter is 32.)

 

[MickeyNicki]

Just tell your hostess...they will tame it down for you but beware..we said that once and the waiter did not do ANY of the entertaining things at all....totally ruined the fun of the place

 

[Klassifyed]

If she doesn't want to eat all of her food---then don't! If it means that much to her, it seems the experience would be wasted anyway. I would perhaps trying a different venue altogether.

 

[aladams2]

The don't make you eat all your food! My mom, 50something didn't and couldn't eat all her chicken dinner. The waitress did the airplane with her but didn't make her take a bite. There were 5 pieces of chicken, potatos, and collard greens. There is no WAY most people could eat all that food. Don't worry about it, it's a great place to eat and it's fun. (We were there 2 weeks ago.)

 

[MomofLandA]

The don't make you eat all your food! My mom, 50something didn't and couldn't eat all her chicken dinner. The waitress did the airplane with her but didn't make her take a bite. There were 5 pieces of chicken, potatos, and collard greens. There is no WAY most people could eat all that food. Don't worry about it, it's a great place to eat and it's fun. (We were there 2 weeks ago.)

Thank you so much! That is great to know!

 

[cmesq61]

I would go and enjoy and not worry too much. We sent our teenagers last year alone while we went to Bistro. I was a bit worried for the same reason as you, especially w/o an adult, but that's where they wanted to go. I sent a note for the hostess that they were dining alone, etc. The waittress was awesome, played with them some but gave them dessert even though my 15 yo DS did not eat all his greens. I think she made them clear the table though!

 

[DisneyDad64]

We have been several times with kids in the 6-10 year old range. They also did not eat all of their meals and were never picked on for it. They will joke with you based on the the way you interact with them. I wouldn't worry about it. It would ruin the experience if you alter the interactions. Enjoy.

 

[Chernabog#1fan]

My daughter & I have reservations here, but she is a bit leary. She's willing to "play along," but they idea of being forced to eat all her food is not appealing to her. Is there anything I can do that might get the server to focus on me rather than my daughter? (I'm 56 - my daughter is 32.)

They will not make you eat all of your food, but they have with fun with you about it. There was a person there that did not eat his collard greens because he did not like them. He ordered a sundae for dessert and when he took a spoon full of it, it was collard greens topped with whip cream. He of course did not eat it and was brought his real sundae, but it made him laugh (as well as everyone else).

 

[Carnator]

The first time my wife and I ate there, I couldn't eat all my food. When no one was looking I wrapped it up and put it in my wife's purse. I didn't want to get busted out. Luckily it was only part of a sandwich.

 

[danielle.st]

Ours didn't make us eat all of our food. She said the rule is that you have to eat all of your greens. Which, come to think of it, I think I was the only one at our table with greens! lol. I made sure I ate all of my green beans (I think they give you more greens than anything else) but did not eat all of my mashed potatoes and I was praised.
I think my kids would have loved it if I had not eaten them and gotten into trouble. Next time, I might do that for their benefit.

 

[onelilspark]

They only will "feed" you a bite. Not any more than that.

 

[michelleiada]

They won't make you eat anything you don't want to! They will just make fun of you if you don't! It really is all in good fun though. I think if you were to appear annoyed by something they would lay off. If you play into the theme, they will really play it up. It is a fun place to eat and the food is good too!

 

[MJMcBride]

I always found this place quite annoying myself

 

[Buckalew11]

I always order the pot roast so no greens to worry about. It has carrots which I love.

I think you could drawn attention to yourself by keeping your elbows on the table. Or, you could tattle on her. I hear they do not like tattletails.

 

[MomofLandA]

Thank you all. My daughter actually likes "greens," so I guess there's no problem there. (It's tomatoes she won't eat.) For both of us, the problem is more about quantity of food - we can NEVER finish everything. Neither one of us is big on dessert immediately after a meal. That's something we save for later.

 

[CanadianImagineer]

The wait staff are pretty good at figuring out who's going to play along, and usually only tease older children and adults. If they see your daughter's a bit uncertain they'll back off right away I'm sure We had a great lunch here so enjoy your meal!

 

[Planning fanatic mom]

We really like this place because of the playfulness. DH is worse than the servers. He harrasses them more than they do him.

DS (she was 11 at the time) got collard greens that she was not going to eat. "Brother Robert" simply pretended to force her to eat them, so we could get a picture. My daughter totally hammed it up. He had no intention of making her eat them. It was just for a laugh.

They will not go overboard. They really have a neat way of figuring that out. There was a family next to us who did not want to "share in the fun". They ended up with a very nice CMwho totally played it cool. Although I will tell you, they got a kick out of our antics. They thanked us for the fun when we left.

IMHO I think you should go because it is nothing like you will experience anywhere else.

Good luck